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CHAPTER 3 1 Based on the latest estimates generated by the UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (IGME), 22% (12 out of 54 African countries) are on track to achieve MDG 4, and five African countries have already reduced the under-five mortality rate to 20 deaths or less per 1,000 live births; UNICEF analyses based on IGME 2013.